Clovis wants to make a surprise visit to his uncle who lives out of town. He purchases an airline ticket for $69. There is a 15% sales tax on the price of the airline ticket. In addition he must pay a baggage fee of $20. When he arrives at the airport, Clovis takes a taxi to his uncle's house which is 8 miles from the airport. The taxi fee is $2.50 per mile. If Clovis has spent a total of $123.35 for the airline ticket and taxi, at what percent of his fare did Clovis tip the taxi driver?
a.
10%
b.
15%
c.
20%
d.
25%

Question

Clovis wants to make a surprise visit to his uncle who lives out of town. He purchases an airline ticket for $69. There is a 15% sales tax on the price of the airline ticket. In addition he must pay a baggage fee of $20. When he arrives at the airport, Clovis takes a taxi to his uncle's house which is 8 miles from the airport. The taxi fee is $2.50 per mile. If Clovis has spent a total of $123.35 for the airline ticket and taxi, at what percent of his fare did Clovis tip the taxi driver?
a.
10%
b.
15%
c.
20%
d.
25%

anonymous · Answer

hold up k:)

anonymous · Answer

its 20 %
if x is the percentage of the tip, the total cost is something like this:
$$69 + 10.35 + 20 + 8  * 2.5 + \frac{ x }{ 100 }8*2.5 = 123.35$$

solve this and you'll get the answer x = 20